Professional Divorce and Family Mediation Services in Surrey and London

Euan Davidson: head of mediation

We understand that, whether you have already separated from your partner or are just beginning the process of considering separation, this is a very difficult and upsetting time for everyone involved, including any children of the relationship. At Godalming Family Mediation, we are able to offer you support with a number of issues that you and your partner may wish to resolve at this time, including:

Considering the most appropriate way to finalise the end of your relationship, whether you have been married, in a civil partnership, co-habiting or have never lived together.

Mediation Services tailored to your needs

We understand that each person’s situation is unique and are able to offer assistance in helping you both reach agreements about a wide variety of other issues that you might be facing, ranging from exploring the choice of schools for your children to deciding who will take responsibility for looking after the family pets.

We offer a very flexible approach to our mediation services, allowing our clients to get receive the most value out of the process.

“My experience of mediation with Euan Davidson was the importance of having someone with a level head when emotions were running high. Euan was able to calm things down several times with sensitivity and clarity. Divorce is hard enough emotionally without trying to work out the complexities of unwinding a long marriage and he helped both of us to navigate that. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend mediation. It has certainly saved both of us a substantial sum of money compared to if we had gone the purely legal route.”

Tom, November 2014

Euan’s calm and pragmatic approach helped diffuse the tension in our discussions which enabled us to reach an agreement that we both felt comfortable with. We wouldn’t have been able to progress as quickly or easily without his help which became invaluable”.

Mrs G, January 2016

“I have to say it was all handled very professionally on your part. I appreciated the contact you had with me to remind me about appointments. I also appreciated your swift response to any and all communications we had. I also appreciated how sensitive you were in dealing with the emotional side of the mediation…I would certainly recommend the process and I would of course recommend you if asked.”

Mr M

“Just to thank you for all your help and should mediation be necessary in the future, I shall recommend we return to you for more help!”

Mrs S

“Euan is an excellent mediator. At first, I was very apprehensive as I did not know what will happen. Through Euan’s patience, empathetic listening ability, calmness, understanding, preparation and seeing it from all parties sides in a sincere way, we found common ground and were able to find a way that worked for all parties without going into the demystified legal process and incurring huge sums of money as well as emotional distress. Instead, we were able to go through the process, my kids can still remain in their stable home, my wife and I parted as ‘friends’ (or close to it) rather than enemies and I have a fabulous relationship with my children whom I love very much. That is the sign of a great mediator. Thank you Euan.”

Mr G, January 2016

Euan was always calm and helped diffuse awkward and potentially very stressful discussions. My husband and I could speak together with an independent person present and so tempers did not flare. He helped us understand the need for compromise was able to write a Memorandum of Understanding and a financial agreement that will hopefully be less costly in the long term. I would recommend mediation as a way of building bridges with your partner so that the divorce does not become acrimonious.